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“Aside from the delays in the implementation of the operation, I view the project as a distraction from more pressing issues that should be on the agenda, such as better allocation of funds and the creation of a functioning asylum system overall,” said Alberto-Horst Neidhardt, a senior policy analyst at the European Policy Centre in Brussels.

That’s not to say that edge cases don’t matter, he and his colleagues wrote, but treating them as typical can contribute to misunderstandings — and divert attention away from more pressing issues.

Professor Raphael Bengoa has returned to Northern Ireland and said the need for transforming health and social care, backed by sustained budgets, is even more pressing than ever.

Perhaps more pressing are the funding challenges the meals program is facing.

The more pressing concern is whether the confidence of the linemen remains intact after such a demoralizing performance.